If the pipe ain't full then it won't matter. They would have to be overtly shaping the non payers down. Which isn't part of the proposal. You are suggesting that on an empty pipe they throttle connections?
That is just silly, TCP/IP doesn't work that way. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Those that said it would not happen :Net Neutrality voted > down by congress. > > It's not about being full or not. > It's about allowing faster access to a certain resource on the net > before another. > > You attempt to access MyBookstore.com. It takes you 1 minute to > download the content. > You attempt to access Amazon.com, who have paid for service, it takes > you 10 seconds to download the content. Who are you going to visit > more? > > It has nothing to do with saturation, it has to do with > priority.Amazon pays, so if there are 1000 people trying to get there, > and 500 people trying to get to MyBookstore.com then the 1000 people > get to Amazon first. > > It's not going to be maxxed, its not going to even be at the same time > necessarily, but it is an advantage to the people that pay. That's my > understanding, and even if I may be wrong on details I'm not wrong > about this: > > Once you accept that there is an advantage, ANY advantage that this > creates for those Rich Corporations that can afford to pay, then you > must also accept that this disastrously alters the free and level > internet where once you pay for your bandwidth you have just as much > service on a network from a provider as the other guy. > > That will no longer be the case. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206003 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
